Diqdiqqeh | DQ
| Context Title: | Diqdiqqeh | DQ |
| Context Name (Publication): | Diqdiqqeh |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Digdiggah; DQ |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Railway site |
| Context Description: | Essentially a suburb of the ancient city, this area is located about 2 km to the northeast of the ziggurat of Ur. The precise extents of Diqdiqqeh were never defined, but Woolley referred to it as the low ground between the main railway line and the branch that went to Nasiriyeh. The train lines no longer run in the same place they did in Woolley's day, but Corona images allow us to recreate their paths. This makes the general boundaries west, south, and east somewhat known but how far it stretched north is not completely clear. From the first season workers walking across this area picked up surface finds and brought them to Woolley. At that time the location did not have a fixed name in Woolley's mind and thus first season references sometimes say 'near the railway' or 'near Munshid's water engine.' In the second season Woolley decided to investigate more systematically, but after two days of excavation he decided there was not enough remaining architecture to reward further work. Instead, he continued to allow the workers to gather finds over the next ten seasons, and many later catalog cards state "brought in: Diqdiqqeh" The finds from Diqdiqqeh indicate that the ancient suburb played a role in manufacturing and perhaps in commerce. Canals seem to have met in the area and boats may have unloaded goods here. Many figurines, tools, moulds and other crafting items are among the finds, suggesting that Diqdiqqeh may have been an industrial area away from the main habitation. The so-called Treasury of Sin-Iddinam was also excavated in this general area in season 5. In the Antiquaries Journal of January 1925, Woolley described Diqdiqqeh as follows: A mile and a half NE. of the ziggurat, between the main railway line and the Nasiriyah branch, there is a patch of low-lying ground, occasionally cultivated, which the natives call Diqdiqqeh... a happy hunting-ground for treasure-seekers, and I took advantage of this fact to collect from the natives the scattered antiquities which they might bring to light. |
| Season Number: | 01: 1922-1923 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1497 | (none) | (none) | B15777 | Miniature bottle. Drab clay; handmade. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1486 | (none) | (none) | B15776 | Miniature bowl. Drab clay; handmade. Chipped. Like U.1485. P. | |
| 1738 | (none) | (none) | B15775 | Miniature vase. Spouted. Handmade and very rough: light drab clay. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1482 | (none) | (none) | B15774 | Clay jar (miniature). Whitish surface; handmade. With 3 spout-like projections P [drawing] | |
| 1788 | (none) | (none) | B15773 | Miniature goblet. Red clay, part of lip and side missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1737 | (none) | (none) | B15772 | Vase. Miniature. Light pinkish ware. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1674 | (none) | (none) | B15771 | Pot. Fine greenish drab clay; wheelmade.Wide-mouthed with small foot. B. Type CXV. (not p) | |
| 1473 | (none) | (none) | B15769 | Strainer. Small bowl. Drab clay. Perforated. P. | |
| 1735 | (none) | (none) | B15768 | Bowl. Light red clay with creamy slip. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1751 | (none) | (none) | B15767 | Vase. Light red clay, creamy engobbage. Handmade. Ornament incised before baking, design of 5 geese in a row and a palm tree. P. | |
| 1557 | (none) | (none) | B15758 | Bronze ring. Plain circle. P. | |
| 1507 | (none) | (none) | B15731 | Stone weight. Mottled black stone. Like U.1506 (more elongated). Type II. P. [Philadelphia] | |
| 1101 | (none) | (none) | B15730 | Duck weight. Black granite. Rough P. | |
| 1504 | (none) | (none) | B15729 | Stone weight(?) grey-black stone. Flattened on underside. Incised marks (possibly Aramaic letters) Type I. P. [drawing]. | |
| 1409 | (none) | (none) | B15725 | Mask. Faience, traces of blue glaze. Small grotesque head. P. | |
| 1270 | (none) | (none) | B15724 | Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1760 | (none) | (none) | B15723 | Terracotta figurine hand-modeled. a goat [drawing 1:1] P. | |
| 1279 | (none) | (none) | B15721 | Clay duck. Like U.1278. P. | |
| 1272 | (none) | (none) | B15720 | Clay Frog. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (small) P. [drawing] | |
| 1274 | (none) | (none) | B15719 | Clay Frog. Light drab clay. With traces of green pigment (glaze?) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273. P. | |
| 1287 | (none) | (none) | B15718 | Clay Rosette. Fragment of light clay. Like U.1286, but larger. P. | |
| 1715 | (none) | (none) | B15717 | Frit ornament. Pectoral. Pierced at each end. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1436 | (none) | (none) | B15716 | Bird. Drab clay: modeled. Bird body on pedestal, head and tail broken. Pierced through back - perhaps a rattle. P. | |
| 1750 | (none) | (none) | B15715 | Miniature goblet. Pinkish white clay. Handmade. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1489 | (none) | (none) | B15714 | Miniature jar. Greenish clay; handmade. Broken at neck. P. [drawing 1:1] |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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